Heavy rains lash Delhi for second consecutive day

Delhi was rained out again on Friday with heavy showers in the morning and traffic jams being reported from several places in the city. The met department forecast more rain in the day.

"There may be heavy rains in some areas of Delhi. There could be brief spells in some parts," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, a day after Thursday's rains that saw flooding in many areas and commuters being stuck for hours.

"The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to stay around 31 and 26 degrees respectively," the official said.

Commuters at major intersections faced a harrowing time due to traffic snarls, a Delhi Traffic Police official said.

The road from Mehram Nagar towards IGI Terminal-3 was closed due to waterlogging.

The city had received a spell of heavy rains on Thursday, with heavy waterlogging throwing traffic out of gear. A cloud burst flooded the T3 terminal at the India Gandhi Airport. Acccording to the airport Met department, the area witnessed 117 mm of rains.